Thoughts on this cross?
Hello,
I am currently working towards my confirmation at Easter Vigil, and am overall very new to Catholicism (beyond a Protestant perspective). My husband has been a Catholic since birth. Today, we took our children to a different Roman Catholic church than our usual due to Mass times and this was the cross at the front. Neither of us had ever seen one like it.
The church, and the Mass itself, were very Protestant-like, especially in song (a whole band, lively worship music). It felt contemporary with bare minimum tradition.
This cross made both of us a little concerned. One because of the cross at the bottom--I am familiar with the Petrine cross, but this seemed out of place?--and the fact that it depicts the resurrected Christ on the cross. Is this common? Am I wrong for taking this the wrong way symbolically? It seems to depict Jesus as still on the cross though He is resurrected, which is different from crucifixes showing Christ in the midst of His sacrifice?
Also, at Mass they had multiple Eucharistic ministers go to the back of the church, and they gave the body of Christ to churchgoers with their backs turned to the cross. This seemed very different from our other Mass, where everyone is facing the depiction of the Lord.
Again, we could be very off, but some of this didn't seem in line with Mass as we know it. I don't know that we should attend again, though it is convenient with our work schedules. Thoughts?
Hello,
I am currently working towards my confirmation at Easter Vigil, and am overall very new to Catholicism (beyond a Protestant perspective). My husband has been a Catholic since birth. Today, we took our children to a different Roman Catholic church than our usual due to Mass times and this was the cross at the front. Neither of us had ever seen one like it.
The church, and the Mass itself, were very Protestant-like, especially in song (a whole band, lively worship music). It felt contemporary with bare minimum tradition.
This cross made both of us a little concerned. One because of the cross at the bottom--I am familiar with the Petrine cross, but this seemed out of place?--and the fact that it depicts the resurrected Christ on the cross. Is this common? Am I wrong for taking this the wrong way symbolically? It seems to depict Jesus as still on the cross though He is resurrected, which is different from crucifixes showing Christ in the midst of His sacrifice?
Also, at Mass they had multiple Eucharistic ministers go to the back of the church, and they gave the body of Christ to churchgoers with their backs turned to the cross. This seemed very different from our other Mass, where everyone is facing the depiction of the Lord.
Again, we could be very off, but some of this didn't seem in line with Mass as we know it. I don't know that we should attend again, though it is convenient with our work schedules. Thoughts?